Launch of Space Shuttle Columbia, From T-5 Minutes12 November 1981

Astronauts Joe Engle and Richard Truly tested a brand new Canadarm on a very shortened 2 day mission due to a fuel cell shutting down only a few hours into the mission. Columbia landed at Edwards Airforce Base 2 days later on the 14th November 1981.
Source: NASA Television

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